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Reply To: Battle of the Bulge – December 16, 1944

December 18, 2018 at 11:47 pm #1315305

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Epic, @trewets – I can confirm for sure StuGs were definitely there in at least moderate strength an attached StuG brigade, late-war formation that was really just a glorified collection of batteries, but still more than formidable on a Bolt Action table.

I would assume StuG riders would be historically feasible. That’s another late war thing, learned on the Eastern front, and Bulge definitely qualified. Especially since Pz Lehr was originally raised from German armor instructors (i.e., they would have heard / learned / applied the new tactics). I mean I can’t say 100% because I don’t know off the top of my head how deeply embedded 243rd StGtz Bge was in Pz Lehr’s OOB (integral or attached, etc.), But if I was a betting man, I would say 95% yes.